World Malaria Day

Start Date

25 April 2012

Organisation

World Health Organization

Description


World Malaria Day commemorates the global efforts to control malaria. The theme in 2012 is 'Sustain Gains, Save Lives: Invest in Malaria'.

Sustaining malaria control efforts is an investment in development. Continued investment in malaria control now will propel malaria-endemic countries toward near-zero deaths by 2015.

Location

Worldwide

myDr says


Each year on Anzac Day as we honour our war dead, don't forget that other great killer - malaria. In 2009, malaria killed almost 800,000 people, more than 10 times the Australian toll in World War I.

See related links to find out more about malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases, as well as precautions travellers should take.






 

myDr, 2012
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Last Reviewed: 19 April 2012

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